adrianwd5

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1. Ccrn

   adrianwd5 replied to adrianwd5's topic in MICU

   Thanks Burnt2 The ten years is bedside care on acute, trauma and CV ICU in the Uk, I've been qualified longer than that! AACN replied via the website that UK experience is no good which is what outraged me. Thanks for the tip re my supervisor, I'll r...

2. Ccrn

   adrianwd5 posted a topic in MICU

   Hi all I am a British nurse now working and living in the USA, I am keen to undetake the CCRN but am outraged to find that my 10+ years experience counts as nothing towards the clinical hours required. I worked in several facilities in the UK all wit...

3. Comparison of US and UK pay

   adrianwd5 replied to biteme's topic in UK

   Hi I recently moved here to California from the UK to work as a RN. Back in the UK I was the ward manager and earned £32,000pa, here I make $30 per hour, this works out at slightly less per hour but the cost of living here is lower than in the UK, ye...

4. eICU

   adrianwd5 replied to patccrn's topic in MICU

   Hi just read with interest the discussion on eICU, I work in the UK as an ICU manager where we have a service in ours (and many other hospitals) called outreach, this seems to be a similar concepot in that a small team of Critical Care Nurses have pa...

5. ABSMC, Berkeley

   adrianwd5 replied to gymjunkie's topic in California

   Hi all I am a British RN, coming to work at the Summit medical Centre on ICU later in the year. has anyone got any advice or information I might find useful. I am bringing my wife and 2 children with me (8 & 12). any advice re housing and school ...

6. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   adrianwd5 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men

   Hi, I manage an ICU in the UK currently and have been in critical acre nursing for 10 years, have also done research, outpatients, PACU and surgery at ward level. Relocating to California later in the year to take on a post as Staff Nurse in ICU ther...